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How to Get a Facebook Verified Page – Blue Tick

Celebrities, politicians and journalists have had the auspicious Facebook Verified Page blue tick, but now it appears that regular people can get a Facebook Verified Page too.

Here’s how to get a Facebook verified page:

What is a Facebook verified page / profile?

Do you qualify for a verified badge?

Select Facebook page / profile to verify

Nominate official website

Request a Facebook verified page / profile.

Here’s how to get a Facebook verified page:

1. What is a Facebook verified page / profile?

Some Pages and profiles have been verified by Facebook to let people know that they’re authentic. If you see a blue badge on a Page or profile, it means that Facebook confirmed that this is the authentic Page or profile for this public figure, media company or brand. If you see a grey badge on a Page, it means that Facebook confirmed that this is an authentic Page for this business or organisation.

2. Do you qualify for a verified badge?

Select people, sports, media, entertainment and government Pages may be eligible for verification if they can show their authenticity and meet Facebook’s requirements for having a Verified Badge.

Competition: different ways to navigate the Internet (e.g. search engines, new top level domains, apps, social media)

Growth: flat

Does .au policy need to evolve to meet the needs of all .au stakeholders?

Discuss in the comments section below:

Questions & Answers

Question: “You’ve been on the board for the past 14 years, so you’re not quite an outsider looking to be newly elected. What will another term on the Board enable you to do? How does that compare to bringing in new voices into the organisation?”

JR: “To have auDA members re-elect me for 7 terms is humbling and I’ve never taken that for granted.

I have played an active role in delivering significant change during those years including: domain name policy, competition model, domain slamming, and domain monetisation.

The reason I’m standing again is to seek the opportunity to continue to be an energetic and entrepreneurial contributor to the .au domain name space.

One of the key issues which the next auDA board must consider is whether or not to open up .au for direct registrations. This will require a good understanding of policy, stakeholders and how the digital economy is evolving. I believe I tick these three boxes.

That’s not to say new blood on the board is not important, the current board does have a cross section of directors with a good balance of experience and tenure.

I am very passionate about seeing .au succeed locally and globally.

I expect this to be a hotly contested election in demand class – which is a good thing in itself.”